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CARROLL GALLUP, OF NORWALK, OHIO.

CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,708, dated January 3, 1882, I

Application filed August E, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARROLL GALLUP, of Norwalk, in the county of Huron and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being bad to the accom pan yin g drawings,whioh form part of this specification.

My invention relates to chairs, and more particularly toinvalid-chairs; anditconsists in the peculiar construction of the same, as will be hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my chair, showing it so adjusted as to be used as a rocking-chair. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing it adjustedtfor a reclining-chair. Fig. 3 is also a side elevation, showing my chair so adjusted that it may be used as an invalid-chair for the use of persons unable to walk. Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are detached views of different parts, enlarged, in order to show the construction more clearly.

A-is a rocker, of which there are two, one on each side.

Pivotally attached to and extending upward from the forward end of the rocker A is a leg or support, 13.

O is the back, which extends down to and is also pivotally attached to the rocker A, near D is a seat-supporting bar, which is pivot ally attached to the back 0, and also to the legs or support B. j

E is the seat, which is attached to the bar D in the manner shown in Fig.6, in which a, b, c, and d are rods of iron or steel, one end of which is bent at right angles and pivotally attached to the bar D. The other end is rigidly attached to the frame of the seat E,thus mak. ing a spring-seat.

F is the chair-arm, pivotally attached to the back 0, and also to a support, i, extending from the bar D.

G is a metal brace, which is pivoted to the tached to the brace G by means of a thumbscrew, g, which passes through the sllot 0, so that the said back may be raised or lowered as desired, and secured in the desired position. 5

H is a bar which is pivotally attached to the forward leg or support B. Attached to this bar H near its forwarg'end is a large wheel, 1, and tea cross-bar, J, which is attached to the rear end of the bar E[,.is secured caster-wheel K. Theinner face of the bar H, adjacent to the brace G,-is faced'with a piece of iron or steel, h, (seeFigs. stand 5,) which engages with the lugfonthe brace G, and holds thecross bar H either up, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or down, as shown in .Fig. 3.

k re small levers, which are pivotally attache to the bar H, and serve to disengage the lugf from the plate h, as shown in Fig. 4. One of these levers, k, is placed a little in advance of the other, in order that one of the said levers will be in position to disengage the lug f no matter at what anglethe back 0 is inclined.

M is a foot-rest, the cleats lof which extend out far enough to engage with an iron rung, m, which passes through the back (3 at its lower end, where it is pivoted to the rocker-A. The forward end of the foot-rest M is supported on an iron rest, 0, which extends from the forward end of the rocker A. This rest 0 is made in such a manner that the footrest M maybe raised or lowered, as shown in Fig. 7- viz., the ends of the rest 0 are bent at right angles and pivotally attached to rocker A, and may be raised, as shown in Fig. 7, or lowered, as shown by dotted lines in same figure. The ends of the cleats Z are secured to the rung m bymeansofabuttomp. (ShowninFig.8.) The foot rest M may be raised higher, as shown in Fig. 8, if desired, it being secured in substantially the same manner as hereinbefore described. 1

L are iron rods, which are hinged to the cross-bar J t and adapte' to engage with the back (3, as shown in Fig. 5, when it is desired tostrengthen the back.

The operation of my chair is as follows: To adjust the back higher or lower all that is necessary is to loosenthe thumb-bolt g, and then either lower or raisdthe back, and when in the desiredposition to fasten the thumb-bolt. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) To change the chair from a rocker, Figs] and 2, to an invalid-ch air, Fig. 3, all that is necessary is to disengage the lug f from the plate It by means of the lever k, and then lower the bar H, and with it the wheel I and easteragvheel K, which will act to raise the rockers from the floor, as shown in Fig. 3, when upper end of the plate It engages with the lower end of the lugfand supports the chair, which rests on the wheels I and caster K, and may be easily moved from place to place.

In the foregoingspecification I have described but one side of my chair; but it is obvious that the other side isconstructed in exactly the same manner as the side described.

What I claim is-- l. 111 a chair, the combination, with the forward leg, of an adjustable bar pivoted to the leg'and carrying the wheels I and K, and provided with levers kit, and the rear brace having a lug, f, with which said levers are adapted to engage, substantially as set forth.

2. In a chair,the combination, with the backpivoted to the rockers, of a brace pivoted near the rear end of the rocker and longitudinally slotted, as described, and a thumb-screw, by means of which the back is secured at any desired adjustment, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the chair-back, of the cleat l, secured to a rung thereof, the footrest M, and support 0, the latter having its ends bent and pivoted to the rockers, so that it may be turned up or down, substantially as set forth.

4. Ina chair, the combination, with the rockers and bacl ,of the adjustable bar H,carrying the large wheels, the bar J, and the slotted brace supporting the back, and provided with a device for locking the back at any adjustment and the bar H in either upper or lower position, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GARROLL GALLUP.

Witnesses:

JNo. (JaoWELL, J r., ALBERT E. LYNoH. 

